I think you have something there. This notion of introversion and extraversion is really just a preference, and the preference has a real basis in experience.

I think you have something there. This notion of introversion and extraversion is really just a preference, and the preference has a real basis in experience. Perhaps we should just change our vocabulary, perhaps to say crowd-loving or crowd-avoiding. Even that's wrong because it's obviously some crowds and not all crowds. There are lots of reasons why one might be avoiding crowds. I suspect for the classic geek (or indeed any subculture), a lot of this is simply shame and embarassment fatigue. One is confronted with many people who will quickly size one up according to some unfavorable yardsticks. Wouldn't anybody find that to be "draining"?